La lista de filmes a competición en el 63 Festival Internacional de cine de Berlín (7-17 febrero) ya está completa. 19 de las 24 películas del programa oficial competirán para los Osos de Oro y de Plata. Los países siguientes participan en el programa: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Germany, France, Greece, Hong Kong/China, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland y USA.
"Talentos jóvenes y artistas ya consagrados presentarán películas en las que la realidad y la ficción son incomprensiblemente similares. El cine independiente atraviesa un resurgimiento por todo el mundo" dice el Director de Festival Dieter Kosslick. Programa a competición: Camille Claudel 1915France
By Bruno Dumont (The Life of Jesus,Humanity,Flanders)
With Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent World Premiere Elle s'en va(On my Way)
France
By Emmanuelle Bercot (Clément,Backstage,Les infidèles)
With Catherine Deneuve
World Premiere Epizoda u životu berača željeza(An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker)
Bosnia and Herzegovina/France/Slovenia
By Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land,Hell,Circus Columbia)
With Senada Alimanovic, Nazif Mujic, Sandra Mujic, Semsa Mujic
World Premiere Gold
Germany
By Thomas Arslan (Dealer,Vacation,In the Shadows)
With Nina Hoss, Marko Mandic, Uwe Bohm, Lars Rudolph, Peter Kurth, Rosa Enskat, Wolfgang Packhäuser
World Premiere La Religieuse(The Nun)
France/Germany/Belgium
By Guillaume Nicloux (The Flying Children,A Private Affair,That Woman)
With Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert, Louise Bourgoin, Martina Gedeck
World Premiere Layla Fourie
Germany/South Africa/France/Netherlands
By Pia Marais (The Unpolished,At Ellen’s Age)
With Rayna Campbell, August Diehl, Rapule Hendricks
World Premiere The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
USA
By Fredrik Bond – feature debut
With Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger, Rupert Grint, James Buckley
International Premiere Parde(Closed Curtain)
Iran
By Jafar Panahi (The Circle,Offside,This Is Not A Film) and Kambozia Partovi (The Fish,Café Transit)
With Kambozia Partovi, Maryam Moghadam,Jafar Panahi, Hadi Saeedi, Azadh Torabi, Agha Olia, Zeynab Khanum, Boy
World Premiere Side Effects
USA
By Steven Soderbergh (sex, lies, and videotape;Erin Brockovich,Haywire)
With Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum
International Premiere Before Midnight
USA / Greece
By Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise,School of Rock,Me & Orson Welles)
With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
International Premiere / out of competition Dark Blood
The Netherlands
By George Sluizer (Utz,The Vanishing,The Commissioner)
With River Phoenix († 1993), Judy Davis, Jonathan Pryce, Karen Black
International Premiere / out of competition Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn(A Long and Happy Life)
Russian Federation
By Boris Khlebnikov (Koktebel,Svobodnoe plavanie,Sumasshedsay a pomoshch)
With Alexander Yatsenko, Eugene Sitiy, Anna Kotova
World Premiere Night Train to Lisbon
Germany/Switzerland/Portugal
By Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror,The House of the Spirits,Goodbye Bafana)
With Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck, August Diehl, Christopher Lee, Charlotte Rampling
World Premiere / out of competition Prince Avalanche
USA
By David Gordon Green (George Washington,All the Real Girls,Pineapple Express)
With Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch
International Premiere Uroki Garmonii(Harmony Lessons)
Kazakhstan/Germany
By Emir Baigazin - Feature debut
With Timur Aidarbekov, Aslan Anarbayev, Mukhtar Andassov
World Premiere Vic+Flo ont vu un ours(Vic+Flo Saw a Bear)
Kanada
By Denis Côté (Les états nordiques,Curling,Bestiaire)
With Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer, Marc-André Grondin
World Premiere W imię...(In the Name of)
Poland
By Małgośka Szumowska (Stranger,33 Scenes from Life,Elles)
With Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kościukieiwcz
World Premiere Gloria
Chile/Spain
By Sebastián Lelio (La Sagrada Familia,Navidad,El año del tigre)
With Paulina García, Sergio Hernández
World premiere Nugu-ui Ttal-do Anin Haewon(Nobody's Daughter Haewon)
Republic of Korea
By Hong Sangsoo (Night and Day,Hahaha,In Another Country)
With Eunchae Jung, Sunkyun Lee
World premiere Paradies: Hoffnung(Paradise: Hope)
Austria/France/Germany
By Ulrich Seidl (Dog Days,Import Export,Paradise: Love)
With Melanie Lenz, Vivian Bartsch, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas
World premiere Poziţia Copilului(Child's Pose)
Romania
By Călin Peter Netzer (Maria,Medal of Honor,Zapada mieilor)
With Luminiţa Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Florin Zamfirescu
World premiere Promised Land
USA
By Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho,Good Will Hunting,Milk)
With Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook
International premiere The Croods- animated film in 3D
USA
By Kirk De Micco (Space Chimps) Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon)
With the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds
World premiere / out of competition Berlinale Special Unter Menschen(Redemption Impossible)- Documentary
Germany
By Christian Rost, Claus Strigel
World premiere